Django's History

Released in 2005, Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison created Django for their work at the
Lawrence Journal-World newspaper. They named it after the French guitarist, Django Reinhardt.

Django's goal has been to ease the development of database driven websites. Its core tenets
include: DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself), reusability, and rapid development. These principles
contributed to Django's widespread adoption. It's now used by thousands of companies
including Google, Mozilla, Instagram, and The Washington Times.

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